This cake portion guide is exactly what you need if you’re making a cake for an event or awedding. While the cake flavor and decoration are important components of a cake, one of the most fundamental aspects of a cake is its size!
When making a cake from scratch for an important event, it’s crucial that it has the right number of servings.
You want make sure every guest gets a slice. That’s where this cake portion guide comes into play.
What Is Considered A Serving Of Cake??
Throughout this post I refer to a serving of cake.
一般来说，我的意思是蛋糕为4英寸高，1英寸宽，和长度为2英寸的切片。这是婚礼蛋糕片的标准尺寸。
这个职位不只是婚礼蛋糕虽然。它也是在聚会或活动提供服务的蛋糕。
Strangely enough, the size of a cake serving for a wedding is smaller than a party cake serving! Cakes cut for parties are normally 1.5 inches wide.
While this is a small difference in size, it’s important to note that a slice of cake at a party is bigger.
This can impact the number of servings included below. To be consistent, I’m going to be referring to wedding cake portions throughout this post.
影响蛋糕高度对食品份数
The standard size of a cake slice is definitely the golden standard.
However, myvanilla cake recipemakes a 7 inch layer cake that is way taller than 4 inches. In general, tall layer cakes have increased in popularity and are quite common nowadays.
This can make cutting and serving a cake a lot more challenging. The height of a cake can be influenced by a lot of factors.
它是基于使用饼层的数量，蛋糕层的高度，以及奶油的每一层之间的量。
If I make a cake taller than 7 inches, I cut it into thin slices (about 1 inch wide).
Then I cut each slice in half, horizontally. This means that out of each slice I make, I create 2 servings.
For tall cakes, I double the servings shown below, since those are based on a shorter cake (4 inches).
When trying to determine the right size of cake to make based on the numbers below, please refer to the far right column.
标准层蛋糕份量
一旦你知道你需要的份数，你就可以开始想想你应该做出什么大小的蛋糕。
If you don’t plan to make a tiered cake, things are quite a bit easier.
单分层层蛋糕具有份的定数。然而，这可能基于该蛋糕的形状。
For example, a square 8 inch cake will have more servings than a round 8 inch cake.
圆形和方形蛋糕是目前最常见的形状。考虑到这一点，我选择把重点放在这些形状如下图所示。它包括部分的数量，基于滤饼层直径：
If you want to make a cake that is a different shape, Wilton has a great chart that shares theserving sizes of a variety of shaped cakes.
Tiered Cake Servings
If you need to feed a large number of people, you may need to make a tiered cake. Tiered cakes have a lot more variety and flexibility in their number of servings.
Different sized tiers vary in serving size, and you can combine them in a ton of ways.
In the past, I’ve made a tiered cake with 10 inch, 8 inch, 6 inch, and 4 inch tiers that fed 84 people.
I’ve also made a cake with 12 inch, 9 inch, and 6 inch tiers that fed 100 people.
虽然我们在不同大小的层的主题,I have a wonderfulcake batter calculatorthat helps you know exactly how much batter you need for different sized cake layers and tiers.
Part of picking the right size of cake comes down to having the right number of servings, but other factors can come into play. This decision can also be influenced by the look you’re after.
有些人想层的具体数量，或蛋糕的设计，需要每一层以添加装饰之间的额外空间。
For example, sometimes Iadd fresh flowers to my tiered wedding cakes. When doing this, I like to have at least a 3-inch variance in the size of each tier (i.e. 12 inch, 9 inch, 6 inch).
This creates a 1.5 inch ledge between the tiers, which leaves me enough room to position and secure the flowers onto the cake.
蛋糕部分指南
搞清楚什么大小，你应该为一个大事件或婚礼使用两级，我强烈建议您查看蛋糕部引导，赞！这股不同大小的分层蛋糕的份数。
这个蛋糕部引导还示出了不同尺寸的层，这是非常有用的组合。
It’ll help you see what options you have for however many people you need to feed. This will also help you determine what makes the most sense with the cake design you plan to make.
Keep in mind there are tons of other options for tiered cakes that aren’t included here, so don’t feel limited by this chart! These are simply the most common sized tiered cakes.
让我知道你的想法！
如果你是第一次分层蛋糕, I hope this cake portion guide is helpful. I’d love to hear your thoughts in the comments section below!
Please let me know if you have any questions I didn’t cover, or if you have any other tips or advice that would be helpful
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hello chels!! i have a request for a tall marble 2 tier wedding cake. do you think a 6″ and a 8″ tiers will be good enough? with four layers of cakes each? will it look good?? thank u!!
Depends on how you plan to decorate it, and how many people it’s supposed to feed! I’ve done both 8″ and 6″, and 9″ and 6″. Both work!
Hello chelsie, you are amazing! I live in belgium and here people likes more sponge cakes than normal cakes with butter.. I figure that the portions should be bigger for this kind of cakes. How would you portion a sponge cake from the same sizes?
Hi Patricia! That’s a tough call, here in the US it doesn’t really matter what the cake type is, people just expect that size of cake slice at events or weddings. Maybe try 4 inch x 4 inch x 1 inch would be a slightly better portion?
Hi thank you so much for this! I’m making my best friend’s weeding cake as a gift and it makes me even more nervous thank if it was for my own wedding I think lol! My biggest concern is getting it there! What did you have your cake on? A standard cake board?
This video is super helpful!
haha I totally could see that!! I had my cake on a thick cake drum (1/2 inch), you definitely need something thicker than a normal cardboard cake round to support it’s weight!! The transportation part is stressful, but if the cake is properly supported it should be just fine Best of luck, I’m sure it will turn out great Maria!!
嗨！我被要求作出这样的饲料50个蛋糕，它的将要分层..什么是您的建议？谢谢！斯蒂芬妮
嗨斯蒂芬妮！有几个不同的选择！这里就是我穿行其中，并有一个有趣的图表后https://lpl外围赌注m.1michelle.com/2019/03/24/cake-portion-guide/
谢谢！！
嗨！Someone asked me to do a tiered cake for 50 people. What sizes would you recommend. They want round shape? Thanks!
这些是为三层蛋糕？
嗨切尔斯！
I’ve been asked to do a hand bag shaped cake for 20 people but have no idea where to start in terms of the cake size! Would you have any suggestions for the cake tin sizes to use? My worst nightmare would be to make a cake that’s too small ?
非常感谢！
Eek, that’s tough!! You’ll need to make a pretty big hand bag, I’d say maybe try 3 x 8 inch cake layers (baked and cut from a sheet pan) and use like 6 cake layers?! That’s similar to what I did for my spongebob cake, and he was pretty big. It also depends on the shape of hang bag you’re after! I have never made one, so I don’t have much experience when it comes to them :/ so sorry!!
What size do you care to fit according to this guide?
I’ll be making a 3 tier cake for a friends wedding. I’m going to do 12”, 9” and 6” for 100 people. How many batches of vanilla batter would I need please? Thanks ?
你真棒，并已作为我的57岁的自我已经学会了如何在您的影片寻找3个月以上，并于下周作出自己的婚礼蛋糕SOOOOO有用的是天，由此，如果可以，我会后的结果和你将接收所有的功劳，我能够做我的第一个5层难以置信的漂亮的婚礼蛋糕。
Hi Glo,
I am so happy to hear that!! Please let me know how it turns out <3 I am sure you’ll do an amazing job!!! 5 tiers is epic, I can’t wait to see it!
Do you have a chart for rectangle pans?
Sadly I don’t, I’m so sorry!
Hi, when they are saying servings for a 12 inch round cake, is that a single layer or double?
Hi Suzzanne,
这是与2寸的蛋糕层的2层蛋糕！或与我蛋糕配方中，4层，滤饼用1英寸的糕饼层。希望帮助，快乐烘焙！
One great idea someone told me was to have a rectangular sheet cake in addition to the main wedding cake. The sheet cake is just for cutting extra slices, not for display, as portions get cut away from public view anyway. That way the display cake doesn’t have to feed everyone and you have no worries about not having enough cake.
That’s a great point, and a wonderful idea if you don’t want to make a huge cake but you have a ton of guests to feed Thank you for sharing Grace!!
这是如此如此的帮助,非常感谢你们haring this! I usually just make cakes for family and friends, but one person asked me to make a cake for 100 people and I had absolutely no idea how to do that, this will be my first tiered cake for so many people, thank you for your tips and help, and thank you so much for sharing!
I’m so happy you found this helpful Sue!! And that’s awesome, congrats!! Big tiered cakes can be a bit intimidating at first, but with the right preparation / planning they’re not too bad Happy baking!!
作为上述“切割蛋糕”始终是一个好主意，养活大量的人。关于双高度蛋糕，我总是把稍小板的两块蛋糕，让高高的层次，这样，你只要运行在板下刀子进行切割分离层之间。
Hey Chelsea!!!
因此，与份量，根据图表上它是是2平方英寸层，我应该怎么计算份量是我做的3- 2英寸层。这使得蛋糕6+英寸高。而我认为我的4英寸层是高大的将是份什么样的那些？
Hi Bryanna,
It depends on how tall the tiers are! It’s easier if you do 4 layers, so that you can cut the tall slices in half to make two standard slices. A 4 inch cake is the standard height. I hope that makes sense!!
嗨！如果你想补充新鲜的花朵，你需要一个1.5寸的蛋糕大小差异？我注意到你没有你的婚礼蛋糕，不知道这将是多么困难添加花无1.5区别。谢谢！！
嗨雷切尔，
You don’t have to, but it also depends on the style of decoration you want to use! my design worked out fine with a 2 inch difference between by tiers (overall, so 1 inch ledge), but if you have a different design in mind or want to use larger flowers, it’s definitely easier to do with more of a ledge between the tiers. Hope that helps, happy baking!
嘿，非常感谢分享。难道这些还份量的情况下工作，而且份量不是片？例如回到这里在乌干达的蛋糕被切成了很多正方形issh立方体。谢谢。
Hi Peace,
我不太清楚，但只要平方的总体积切相同标准的蛋糕片，它应该！我衡量正常削减平方/立方片的尺寸，看看他们做的。希望帮助，快乐烘焙！
Hi. I’m making a 3 tiered cake for my sons wedding. How many layers is a normal cake? And do I cut the cakes in half to make layers or do I just bake 2 or 3 cakes of each size?
Thank you so much
贝蒂
Hi Betty,
Like I mention in this post, it depends on the thickness of the cake layers and your personal preference. I like to do 3 or 4, but if you use thick cake layers sometimes people use only two. I usually bake my layers individually and don’t cut them in half / torte them. Hope that helps, and that your son’s wedding cake turns out great!
I’m so sorry, I’m a little confused and want to make sure I understand because there’s so much wonderful information in this post! In the grid guide it shows that a 4″ serves 8, a 6″ serves 12/14 and and 8″ serves 20/24. Then below that in the tiered guide it shows that a 4″ and 6″ stack serves 20 and that a 6″ and 8″ serves 40. The 4″ and 6″ add up but the 6″ and 8″ don’t. If fact several tiered cakes shown don’t. Does the tiering of the cakes change the serving sizes? I just want to feel comfortable in my understanding of how this works…thank you so very much for guidance!!
Sincerely, Over-thinker
Hi Kat,
No worries, it can be a bit confusing! The photo showing the tiered cakes with serving sizes is based on a party sized cake serving (the second column rather than the third or fourth in the chart above), rather than a wedding serving size or that of a tall tiered cake. It all comes down to slight differences in the size of the slices.
当我做结婚蛋糕，我喜欢让具有比客人数量多份给自己万一有人想秒心态与和平蛋糕。希望帮助和有意义<3